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The Nuclear Engineering program has a primary mission to provide an outstanding and comprehensive undergraduate and graduate education to tomorrow’s leaders in nuclear engineering. The program provides well-educated nuclear engineering professionals and leaders to Missouri and the nation in the commercial nuclear industry, national laboratories, hospitals, graduate schools, and the nation’s defense and federal agencies.

Our graduates will continue to demonstrate a sound fundamental knowledge of nuclear engineering and related technologies as members of their professional community. (Obtaining a professional license (PE, CHP, SRO, etc.), being involved in research projects, development projects, computer modeling, engineering analysis, nuclear instrument measurements, and similar endeavors will attest to the fact that our graduates are maintaining their fundamental knowledge of Nuclear Engineering and related technologies.)

Our graduates will continue to demonstrate technical communication and interpersonal skills, enabling them to excel in their profession. (Writing project reports, journal and conference papers, making presentations at conferences and professional society meetings, chairing a conference, working as a professional instructor will demonstrate that our graduates continue to maintain and improve on their technical communication and interpersonal skills.)

Leadership and professional ethics.

Our graduates will continue to demonstrate leadership with an understanding of, and a commitment to, professional ethics. (Being promoted, obtaining PE license, chairing a conference or a conference session, serving on a professional society committee, doing outreach projects, being a team leader or involvement in similar endeavors will attest to the fact that our graduates are continuing to demonstrate leadership with adherence to ethics.)

Capability to conduct research.

Our graduates will continue to demonstrate the capability to conduct research, enabling them to contribute to meeting the needs of their profession. (Publishing journal articles, presenting and publishing conference papers, writing research project reports, having patents, working on R&D projects will demonstrate our graduates’ continuing capability to conduct research.)

Pursuit of life-long learning.

Our graduates will continue to demonstrate a recognition of, and a desire for, the pursuit of life-long learning that will foster their ability to adapt to change. (Obtaining a professional license (PE, CHP, SRO, etc.), taking continuing education credits, obtaining a post-graduate degree, obtaining a professional certificate, being involved in research projects, development projects, or similar endeavors will attest to the fact that our graduates are pursuing life-long learning.)

Nuclear Engineering Student Outcomes

The following student outcomes apply to the nuclear engineering program:

An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.

An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.

An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.

An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.

An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.

An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.

An ability to communicate effectively.

The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.

A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.

A knowledge of contemporary issues.

An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.